another n00b like myself asking n00b questions! :D
How are ya fellas, and ladies? Good to see ya all here.
Im back from the beach where i lived for 15 months, and im a changed man.
BTW, any ideas on how i can host pics here? It says my username or password is invalid, and i got happysnaps to share dammit!!
Now wheres that lil raskal @@wis?
Gore co-sponsored the legislation that created defensenet, a project that military computers and later grew into the worldwide web.
He was pretty much the "Alpha Geek" in the senate from the early 80's, sponsoring and promoting internet related legislation and helping remove the legal obstacles to make the modern internet possible.
While the claim, "I invented the internet," is exaggeration to the point of hubris, Gore was instrumental in the rapid growth of the information superhighway and with Bill Bradley led the group of technogeeks which became known as the "Atari Democrats."
During an interview with Wolf Blitzer last in March 1999, Gore said, 'During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the internet.'
The claim is essentially true - of course it would have been more precise to say 'funding the creation' rather than 'creating'. In the 1980s DARPA, which is part of the Pentagon and financed the first incarnation of the internet, defunded a number of projects, including civilian use of the internet, which weren't directly related to military applications. Gore played a major role in seeing that the internet project was retained under the National Science Foundation, which created nsfnet. Nsfnet ultimately became the internet we know and love today.
The story that Gore said he 'invented' the internet was created by Dick Armey, a Republican member of Congress. Armey's imaginary wording was then picked up by the media, since what Gore actually said wasn't a good enough story. It was often combined with the stories that Gore claimed to have discovered Love Canal(also phony), or that he said that he had inspired 'Love Story' (yes, phony), to produce the theory that Gore is an obsessive fibber.
Gore co-sponsored the legislation that created defensenet, a project that military computers and later grew into the worldwide web.
He was pretty much the "Alpha Geek" in the senate from the early 80's, sponsoring and promoting internet related legislation and helping remove the legal obstacles to make the modern internet possible.
While the claim, "I invented the internet," is exaggeration to the point of hubris, Gore was instrumental in the rapid growth of the information superhighway and with Bill Bradley led the group of technogeeks which became known as the "Atari Democrats."
During an interview with Wolf Blitzer last in March 1999, Gore said, 'During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the internet.'
The claim is essentially true - of course it would have been more precise to say 'funding the creation' rather than 'creating'. In the 1980s DARPA, which is part of the Pentagon and financed the first incarnation of the internet, defunded a number of projects, including civilian use of the internet, which weren't directly related to military applications. Gore played a major role in seeing that the internet project was retained under the National Science Foundation, which created nsfnet. Nsfnet ultimately became the internet we know and love today.
The story that Gore said he 'invented' the internet was created by Dick Armey, a Republican member of Congress. Armey's imaginary wording was then picked up by the media, since what Gore actually said wasn't a good enough story. It was often combined with the stories that Gore claimed to have discovered Love Canal(also phony), or that he said that he had inspired 'Love Story' (yes, phony), to produce the theory that Gore is an obsessive fibber.
subtle as a sledgehammer that. Hijack my thread after i got help. :mad:
What's going on homie? How's Australia?
I sent you a PM with your account details.
yeah thanx for that dude. Life for me has changed a bit since living away from home. Im more depedant in alot of areas, but i think ill stay home now for a while cos its so much easier to save money. Still, living out of home was a blast. Learnt how to surf (and get 6 stitches in my head as a result, *upload the pics soon*) and enjoyed the freedom of living like a true bachelor without the constraint of parents and whatnot.
Cant go past living at home though when you dont have much earnings. In the 9 weeks ive been living at home, ive paid off a $500 debt to my folks, and now im looking to upgrade my rig. Which reminds me, i might make another post on what i should get...
